Centers, Institutes, Groups and Laboratories

Centers and Institutes

Biophotonics Center at Vanderbiltfocuses on translational research of photonic technologies for biomedical research and clinical use, with translation both to the clinic as well as to the commercial sector.

Institute for Software Integrated Systemsconducts basic and applied research in the area of systems and information science and engineering. Applications of the institute's technologies span a wide range of software-intensive systems from small embedded devices, through real-time distributed systems, to globally deployed complex systems.

Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studiesprovides guidance and support for the interdisciplinary study of environmental management and policy issues, bringing faculty members and students together from various disciplines for collaborative study and research.

Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Researchemphasizes the integration of transportation engineering, planning, and management. VECTOR’s work includes ground-breaking applications of information technology and risk management, systems thinking, and adherence to our statement of shared values.

Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering is an interdisciplinary, trans-institutional center whose mission is the creation, development, implementation, clinical evaluation and commercialization of methods, devices, algorithms, and systems designed to facilitate interventional processes and their outcome.

Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environmentengages in research and education that directly link the social and behavioral sciences, physical sciences, engineering, law and policy, and that bear on energy and environmental decision making by individuals and by public and private institutions.

Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Educationinvents the tools and develops the skills required to conduct research in systems biology - in other words, to elucidate the multitude of intracellular metabolic and signaling control mechanisms by which biological systems regulate homeostasis, differentiation, development, growth, repair, and responses to physiological and environmental stimuli.